Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer (2 September 1962-) was the Labour MP for Holborn and St. Pancras from 7 May 2015, succeeding Frank Dobson.

Biography
Keir Starmer was born in Southwark, London, England in 1962, and he became a barrister in 1987 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002. From 2008 to 2013, he served as Director of Public Prosecutions, and his distinguished service as a prosecutor earned him a knighthood in 2014. In 2015, Starmer was elected to Parliament as the Labour MP for Holborn and St. Pancras. On 17 December 2019, Starmer decided to run for the Labour leadership; he defined himself as a socialist, but he distanced himself from the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.